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Stephen A. Douglas died too soon , for many reasons , and chiefly because , had he lived , he would have enjoyed the ripe STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS . 19 fulfillment of many of his 18 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
Stephen A. Douglas died too soon , for many reasons , and chiefly because , had he lived , he would have enjoyed the ripe STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS . 19 fulfillment of many of his 18 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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Thomas Hart Benton died the roth of April , 1858 . [ February 4 , 1871. ] V. DAVID C. BRODERICK , of California , was in some respects a remarkable character . Born in the District of Columbia in 1818 , and killed in a duel in September ...
Thomas Hart Benton died the roth of April , 1858 . [ February 4 , 1871. ] V. DAVID C. BRODERICK , of California , was in some respects a remarkable character . Born in the District of Columbia in 1818 , and killed in a duel in September ...
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On the 7th of September , the very day of the election , I predicted the duel which took place on the 13th of the same month , and on the 16th my poor friend died from a wound received at the hands of the proslavery Democrat leader ...
On the 7th of September , the very day of the election , I predicted the duel which took place on the 13th of the same month , and on the 16th my poor friend died from a wound received at the hands of the proslavery Democrat leader ...
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They were born in the same year , 1810 , and died all too early , for their gifts were precious indeed , and deserved to be enjoyed for a long time alike by themselves and their country . Conrad lived until 1858 , when he was forty ...
They were born in the same year , 1810 , and died all too early , for their gifts were precious indeed , and deserved to be enjoyed for a long time alike by themselves and their country . Conrad lived until 1858 , when he was forty ...
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He died too soon . Nature had been prodigal of her gifts to Jackson . To a face of singular , almost feminine beauty , was added the graceful form of an athlete and the manners of a Chesterfield . He took the right side in a community ...
He died too soon . Nature had been prodigal of her gifts to Jackson . To a face of singular , almost feminine beauty , was added the graceful form of an athlete and the manners of a Chesterfield . He took the right side in a community ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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